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Sheng Bright:     more books (26)

M'ai Sang (My Song): Piano Solo Seven Tunes Heard in China: Cello Solo (String Solo) by Yo-Yo Ma, 2001-06-01 Chinese Conductors: Xian Zhang, Hu Kun, Li Delun, Muhai Tang, Bright Sheng, Yip Wing-Sie, Peng Xiuwen, Yu Long Bright Sheng China Dreams: Full Score by Bright Sheng, 2001-11 The Stream Flows: Violin Solo (String Solo) The Stream Flows: for Solo Viola (String Solo) Three Fantasies: for Violin and Piano (String Solo) Tibetan Dance: Violin, Clarinet in B-Flat, Piano (Ensemble) by Bright Sheng, 2006-12-01 A Tune from Childhood: After Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet (Woodwind Solo) by Bright Sheng, 2009-10-01 String Quartet No. 4 - Silent Temple: Score and Parts (G Schirmer String Ensemble) Two Folk Songs from Qinghai: For Chorus (Satb), Percussion (2 Players), and Two Pianos (Choral) (Chinese Edition) by Bright Sheng, 1996-01 Three Chinese Love Songs: Score and Parts (String Solo) Concertino: Score and Parts (Misc) A Night at the Chinese Opera: Violin and Piano (String Solo)

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1. Bright Sheng - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
   Bright Sheng (surname Sheng, born Shèng Z ngliàng, , in Shanghai, China, December 6, 1955) is a ChineseAmerican composer, conductor, and pianist.  
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   Extractions: Jump to: navigation search Bright Sheng Bright Sheng (surname Sheng , born Sh¨ng Zōngli ng , in Shanghai China December 6 ) is a Chinese-American composer conductor , and pianist . He has lived in the United States since and is on faculty at the University of Michigan . In 1999, the White House commissioned Sheng to compose a piece to honor the Chinese Premiere Zhu Rongji at a state dinner hosted by Bill Clinton . In November , Sheng received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Sheng is New York City Ballet 's first composer in residence. Sheng's compositions have been performed by most major American orchestras as well as many European, and Asian orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic Boston Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra ... Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra , and the China National Symphony . Some of the most notable performers of Sheng's music have included Leonard Bernstein Yo-Yo Ma Peter Serkin Kurt Masur ... David Zinman , and Neeme J¤rvi . Sheng's most notable teachers include Leonard Bernstein and Chou Wen-Chung Nanking! Nanking!

2. Excite España - Arts - Music - Composition - Composers - S - Sheng, Bright
   Bright Sheng Guarder Faculty biography from the University of Michigan. Bright Sheng, Composer Guarder Fall 1998 Michigan Today interview includes his  
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   Extractions: Bright Sheng Guarder Biography, reviews, articles, selected discography, upcoming performances, work list, links from Schirmer. Also a Silk Road tour journal. http://www.schirmer.com/composers/she... Bright Sheng Guarder Faculty biography from the University of Michigan. http://www.music.umich.edu/faculty/sh... Bright Sheng Guarder Biography, critique. http://www.xs4all.nl/~gaud/oud/biobak... Bright Sheng, Composer Guarder Fall 1998 Michigan Today interview includes his history, how he became a musician, the effect of the Chinese Communist government, leaving and returning to China, and his own name. http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/MT/98/... Sugerir un sitio web Open Directory Project Excite A-Z ... Excite USA

3. Bio Of Bright Sheng
   Bright Sheng, born in Shanghai, China on 6 December 1955, started piano studies with his mother at the age of four. After graduating from high school during  
   http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cyoungk/shengbio.htm
   
   Extractions: Bright Sheng, born in Shanghai, China on 6 December 1955, started piano studies with his mother at the age of four. After graduating from high school during the Cultural Revolution he was one of the first students accepted by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he earned his undergraduate degree in music composition. In 1982, he moved to New York, where he attended Queens College, CUNY, and Columbia University. Among his main teachers were Leonard Bernstein, Chou Wen-chung, Mario Davidovsky, George Perle, and Hugo Weisgall. Sheng has received a number of prizes in China including Chamber Music Composition and Art Song Competition. In the United States he has received awards and prizes from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Illinois Council on the Arts, The Naumburg Foundation, The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, and the Guggenheim Foundation. Sheng was the artistic director of the San Francisco Symphony's "Wet Ink 93" Festival and composer-in-residence with the 1993 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. In April 1992 he began a two-year tenure as composer-in-residence with the Seattle Symphony; during 1994/95 he served as Artist-in-Residence for the University of Washington. Bright Sheng's music has been performed to great critical response by major ensembles and soloists around the world. The highly acclaimed H'un (Lacerations): In Memoriam 1966-76, his dramatic orchestral portrait of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, has been performed by the New York Philharmonic ("H'un is...naked emotionalism...a battle of the spirit" The New York Times), Chicago Symphony ("H'un...signaled the arrival of a significant young composer" Chicago Tribune), Cleveland Orchestra, the Baltimore, San Francisco, Honolulu, Milwaukee and Kansas City symphonies, and the Tokyo Philharmonic, among others. Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic performed

4. Veery Books —Author Sheng Bright
   Veery Books Selected bibliography of author Bright Sheng with links and quotes.  
   http://www.veerybooks.com/index.phtml?DisplayAuthor?Sheng Bright

5. IVCI 2006 Competition Forum Programs
   Bright sheng bright Sheng composed the compulsory work for the 2006 IVCI, entitled A Night at the Chinese Opera, which will receive its world premiere  
   http://www.violin.org/2006comp/forum_programs.html
   
   Extractions: 450 W. Ohio Street, Indianapolis IN Forum speakers: Stephen Shipps, Professor, University of Michigan and IVCI Executive Director, Glen Kwok Join Stephen Shipps, former student of IVCI Artistic Founder Josef Gingold and official on-air commentator for the 7th Quadrennial Competition as he gives an in-depth look at competitions from an artist and teacher's perspective. Mr. Shipps has prepared many violinists for competitions worldwide and will share with you "behind the scenes" stories from the preparation stages to the meaning of winning. Radio and web listeners will be able to hear his live broadcasts daily during the Competition at www.violin.org

6. Bright Sheng
   Biography, reviews, articles, selected discography, upcoming performances, work list, links from Schirmer. Also a Silk Road tour journal.  
   http://www.schirmer.com/composers/sheng_bio.html
   
   Extractions: These encouraging words from Leonard Bernstein to Bright Sheng have been a guiding force. Since arriving in the United States in 1982 with “no friends, no English and no money,” Sheng has been able to realize with his music the intensity and complexity of his experience, creating an oeuvre that “merges diverse musical customs in works that transcend conventional aesthetic boundaries." Recipient of the 2001 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award,” Sheng was runner-up for both the 1989 and 1991 Pulitzer Prize. His past commissions include: H’un (Lacerations): in memoriam 1966–1976 (1988) for the New York Chamber Symphony, written in response to Sheng’s experiences during the Cultural Revolution; China Dreams (1995) written as Composer-in-Residence with the Seattle Symphony (1992-1995);

7. The Official Website Of Bright Sheng - Composer, Conductor, Pianist
   sheng’s music is eclectic and the scoring is imaginative.” — The Telegraph ( London ) Copyright 2004 bright sheng. All rights Reserved. Updated 12/16/2004.  
   http://www.brightsheng.com/

8. Bright Sheng
   sheng, bright (b. December 6, 1955, Shanghai). Chineseborn American composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, and vocal works that have been performed  
   http://composers21.com/compdocs/shengb.htm
   
   Extractions: he Living Composers Project Sheng Bright (b. December 6, 1955, Shanghai). Chinese-born American composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a conductor and pianist. Prof. Sheng studied piano with his mother as a child and studied composition with Wang Jian-zhong at the Conservatory of Music in Shanghai from 1978-82. He studied composition with George Perle and Hugo Weisgall at Queens College and there earned his MA in 1984 and later studied composition with Jack Beeson and Chou Wen-chung at Columbia University, where he earned his DMA in 1993. He also studied composition and conducting privately with Leonard Bernstein from 1985-90. He has received many honors in China, as well as three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Charles Ives Scholarship Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1984) and the Rackham Fellowship from the University of Michigan (2000). He has also earned the Michigan Arts Award (2001), the MacArthur Fellowship Award (2001), the American Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2001), and the ASCAP Achievement Award (2002). In addition, he has received grants from various foundations and organizations. Prof. Sheng is also active in other positions. He worked as a pianist and timpanist with the Folk Dance and Music Theatre in Qinghai province from 1971-78 and there also collected folk music. He served as composer-in-residence to the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 1989-92 and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra from 1992-95 and in 2000-01 and at the Tanglewood Music Center in 2001. He also served as artist-in-residence with the Washington Performing Arts Society in 2001-02 and has served as composer-in-residence at the Mannes College of Music since 2002. He has been artistic advisor to the Queens Symphony Orchestra since 1997 and to the Silk Road Project since 1998.

9. Bright Sheng Biography. Download Classical Music By Bright Sheng
   bright sheng (b 1955 ) Classical music and classical hit collection. Compilations of bright sheng classics and listen to its finest classical music bright  
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   Extractions: Bright Sheng was born in Shanghai, China on 6 December 1955. His first piano teacher was his mother, who began giving him lessons when he was four years old. He went on to earn an undergraduate degree in music composition from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He then obtained his M.A. from Queens College, where he studied composition and conducting under Leonard Bernstein, and his D.M.A. from Columbia University. Declared ..a fresh voice in cross-cultural music by the MacArthur Foundation Committee., Bright Sheng was awarded the Genius Award, The MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in November 2001. In addition to many awards received in China and Europe, Sheng also received a number of other prizes in the United States from: the National Endowment for the Arts; American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; the Guggenheim, Rockefeller, Naumberg, Jerome, Koussevitzky, and Copland foundations; the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the Kennedy Center, and Tanglewood Music Center.

10. Bright Sheng News - The New York Times
    News about bright sheng. Commentary and archival information about bright sheng from The New York Times.  
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    Extractions: @import url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/css/topic/screen/200704/topic.css); Friday, January 25, 2008 World U.S. N.Y. / Region ... S > Sheng, Bright E-MAIL Save News about Bright Sheng, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Newest First Oldest First Page: The Night Christopher Wheeldon Met Oscar Wilde By JENNIFER DUNNING June 11, 2007 MORE ON BRIGHT SHENG AND: DANCING NEW YORK CITY BALLET WHEELDON, CHRISTOPHER PAKLEDINAZ, MARTIN ... Increasingly in the West, the Players Are From the East By DANIEL J. WAKIN; JOSEPH KAHN CONTRIBUTED REPORTING FROM BEIJING. April 4, 2007 MORE ON BRIGHT SHENG AND: CLASSICAL MUSIC CHILDREN AND YOUTH CHINA LANG LANG ... CHEN YI By ROSLYN SULCAS Bright Sheng, who has won an international reputation for his skillful mix of traditional Chinese music with Western idioms, has just become the first composer in residence at The New York City Ballet. January 14, 2006 MORE ON BRIGHT SHENG AND: MUSIC BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION DANCING NEW YORK CITY BALLET ... This Is Really Longhair, and the Violin Is Cool

11. Bright Sheng
    Information about bright sheng, recipient of a Carnegie Hall Commission.  
    http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/sound_insights/works/commissions/sheng_commi
    
    Extractions: List of Composers About The Composers Bright Sheng Carnegie Hall Commissions Related Links "A fresh voice in cross-cultural music." "An innovative composer who merges diverse musical customs in works that transcend conventional aesthetic boundaries." Red Silk Dance (2000), a piano concerto for Emanuel Ax and the Boston Symphony; Nanking! Nanking! (1999) for pipa and orchestra for the NDR Symphony Orchestra; Flute Moon (1999) for flute and orchestra for the Houston Symphony; The Song and Dance of Tears China Dreams (1995) and The Phoenix (2004), written for soprano Jane Eaglen in a co-commission with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, which subsequently brought the work to China in 2005; Colors of Crimson In the theater world, Madame Mao The Silver River (1997; rev. 2000) in a co-production previously mounted at the Spoleto Festival USA. Based on an ancient Chinese tale about star-crossed lovers and set to a libretto by David Henry Hwang, the critically acclaimed production was directed by Ong Keng Sen. This production will be performed again in Ann Arbor Michigan in early 2007. From 1989 to 1992, Sheng served a composer residency at the Lyric Opera of Chicago where he wrote The Song of Majnun Chi-Lin , a new ballet set to three extant chamber pieces.

12. UM School Of Music - Bright Sheng
    Faculty biography from the University of Michigan.  
    http://www.music.umich.edu/faculty_staff/sheng.bright.lasso
    
    Extractions: Nanking! Nanking! was recently premiered by Northern German Radio Symphony in Hamburg, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Other recent premiers include Red Silk Dance Silver River, Flute Moon China Dreams, Four Movements for Piano Trio, Madame Mao and a quadruple concerto for the New York Philharmonic celebrating twentieth debut anniversary of Yo Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax He was Distinguished Guest Composer of Winnipeg Symphony in Canada and he recently conducted the China National Symphony Orchestra in concert of his symphonic music in Beijing. In addition to many national and international awards, Mr. Sheng has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Naumberg Foundation, Copland Foundation.. Last year, he was the recipient of the Michigan Arts Award and a Rackham fellowship from the University of Michigan. Among his important teachers were Leonard Bernstein, George Perle, Hugo Weisgall, Chou Wen-Chung, and Jack Beeson.

13. Sheng, Bright - MP3 Music Downloads At EMusic
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14. LEO - The New York Public Library
    See sheng, bright, 1955 Poems from the Sung dynasty; 1. sheng, bright, 1955- 2 poe mes de la dynastie Sung, 0. See sheng, bright, 1955- Poems from the Sung  
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    bright sheng s Seven Tunes Heard in China is much edgier and abrasive in the Bart¢k manner, while David Wilde s The Cellist of Sarajevo is an outpouring  
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17. SHENG China Dreams / Nanking Nanking Classical Music CD And CD
    sheng, bright, Classical Composer; Gondek, Juliana, soprano; Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra; Wong, Samuel, Conductor  
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18. Manuscript Score Brief Display: Three Fantasies For Violin And Piano / Bright Sh
    Manuscript Score Brief Display Three fantasies for violin and piano / bright sheng manuscript score (The Library of Congress Presents Music,  
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19. List Of Performances - Composer Names Starting With S1
    sheng, bright, Four Movements for Piano Trio, 1/24/2002 sheng, bright, Piano Trio, 6/5/2004, Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA, Boston Trio  
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    Extractions: Write to Esther at: 64 Hodge Road, Arlington, MA 02474. Yesterday Service Performance List / Names Starting with S1 Performances: 231 Composer Title Date Location CityState Group Participants Premiere Saariaho, Kaija Aer (1991) Tsai Performance Center-BU Boston, MA Boston Musica Viva No Saariaho, Kaija Cendres Pickman Concert Hall-Longy Cambridge, MA Radius Ensemble Orlando Cela/Alto Fl, Michael Bonner/Vc, Sarah Bob/Pf No Saariaho, Kaija Chateau de l'ame for Soprano, 8 Female Voices and Orchestra Tanglewood Lenox, MA Boston Symphony Orchestra Valdine Anderson/Sop, TMC Vocal Fellows Robert Spano, cond No Saariaho, Kaija

20. Sheng, Bright - Naxos Direct
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    Extractions: SiteSeal("http://www.naxosdirect.com/templates/naxosdirect/images/netsol_logo.gif", "NETSB", "none"); Bright Sheng was born in Shanghai, China on 6 December 1955. His first piano teacher was his mother, who began giving him lessons when he was four years old. He went on to earn an undergraduate degree in music composition from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He then... (more info) Bright Sheng was born in Shanghai, China on 6 December 1955. His first piano teacher was his mother, who began giving him lessons when he was four years old. He went on to earn an undergraduate degree in music composition from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He then obtained his M.A. from Queens College, where he studied composition and conducting under Leonard Bernstein, and his D.M.A. from Columbia University.

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